Linux-Misc Digest #512, Volume #19 Fri, 19 Mar 99 06:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Very basic newbie questions (Richard Steiner)
Freecell (Jeffrey L Straszheim)
Re: HELP! how do I undelete a file!?? (Atul Pinge)
Re: V.90 ISA Modems!?!?! (Andrew Comech)
Re: HP laserjet 6L (William Wueppelmann)
Mwave For Linux Project
Re: NIC card not initializing ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Combining Drives? ("Eric Webster")
Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment? ("Oliver D. Bedford")
Re: Public license question (Mark Harrison)
Re: file does/doesn't exist?????? ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Freecell (Christopher Browne)
Re: Soundblaser hisses under Linux (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Re: [Q] Swap file not working. (Miernik)
Re: sshd[7194]: refused connect from unknown ("K.A. Steensma")
Netatalk Installation (Ronald Ng)
Memory suggestions anyone?? ("John Adams")
Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment? (Matthias Warkus)
Wordperfect 8 for Linux gunzip problem (Jet)
Re: is there a "cd jewel case" insert builder package for linux ? (Mark Tranchant)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: Very basic newbie questions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:46:49 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, "David B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>I'm wanting to get started with linux but there is some things I'd like
>to know.
>
>1. Most people when that use linux alot are they using it thru a telnet
> session or are they or are they actually using it via the monitor and
> keyboard attached to the computer? (does it qualify as a desktop
> system?)
It can be either, or both. I use it via telnet most of the time since
I'm using OS/2 as my main desktop, and I beam over to the Linux PPro if
I need to look up or confirm information to answer a question.
>2. How does most of the popular software work? - things such as GIMP
>or a HTML editor. Is it thru an X-Windows client, telnet, or must
>you use the keyboard and monitor attached to the PC?
Again, X software will run locally and remotely as an X client on your
local X server. If you only have one box, it'll be local.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
With every mistake we must surely be learning
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From: Jeffrey L Straszheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Freecell
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:07:16 -0500
Howdie
So I think that I can convince my wife to start using
Linux (and get rid of that darn Win95 partition I've
hanging around) if only I can provider her with a
version of the game Freecell that runs on Linux. I
actually found one with the KDE distribution, but
guess what: she doesn't like it because the UI is more
difficult than on windows. (Actually she's right, in the
windows version it's much easier to move the cards
around and such.) Anyhow, does anyone know
where I might find this game?
Thanks
Jeffrey Straszheim
Systems Engineer, Programmer
stimuli AT shadow DOT net
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From: Atul Pinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.sco,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: HELP! how do I undelete a file!??
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:44:46 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I'm sorry to say this but there is no way you can undelete a file on
UNIX unless
you've modified your 'rm' command to put the files in "trashcan"
directory temporarily
which I assume you've not done.
Atul
"Alan W. Jurgensen" wrote:
> Help,
>
> we've mistakenly deleted some SCO progress database files...
>
> HOW CAN WE UNDELETE THESE, IS IT POSSIBLE?
>
> yeah there is a backup, but that puts everything out of sync...
>
> please respond to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Your help is greatly apprecitated!!!!
>
> thankx alan
> --
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
> Alan W. Jurgensen - Full Compass Systems
> phone: (608) 831-7330 - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: V.90 ISA Modems!?!?!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:44:31 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am using an AOpen FM56-ITU (isa) modem with RedHat5.2. This was the
> easiest thing to setup. All I had to do was set the jumper to com2
Lying, old man! That modem is preconfigured to use COM2, IRQ3!
Cheers,
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: HP laserjet 6L
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 03:24:22 GMT
In our last episode (Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:18:40 +0100),
the artist formerly known as Andi Vontobel said:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got a HP laserjet 6L printer running under Debian 2.0. When I
>> try to print a file (hitting the "print" button of netscape or lpr
>> foo.ps, for example) the first pages are ok but not the last: the front
>> panel leds stop blinking and...that's all. A push on the printer button
>> and the last page is printed...but still a few lines are missing.
>>
>> I would be glad if someone had any idea.
I have the same configuration (printer and distribution). I have
magicfilter installed, and everyting works fine for me. Here's my printcap
entry, if it's any help:
lp|lj|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
Obviously, I'm using the filters for the LaserJet 4L. I'm not sure if
there are any separate filters for the 5 and 6 series, but these work just
fine.
--
It is pitch black.
You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:05:00 +0000
From: <Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]>
Subject: Mwave For Linux Project
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable,uk.comp.os.linux,ibm.ibmpc.thinkpad
Hi,
Have you got an IBM Thinkpad or Aptiva with an
Mwave Soundcard and want to run Linux?
Maybe you would like to contribute to the native
Mwave driver project?
The Mwave Project for Linux has the answers.
http://www.flexion.org/mwave/
* Native Mwave driver project - NEW!
[HELP REQUIRED]
* Forum for Mwave/Linux Users - NEW!
* How to enable Sound Blaster Pro 3.1
Emulation under Linux
* Updated for 2.0.x and 2.2.x kernels.
* Improved layout and easy to follow.
* No Windows 3.x/95 or 98 required.
We look forward to your visit!
--
L8r,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: NIC card not initializing
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:05:41 GMT
Walter,
Hmm, that doesn't sound good. If the wrong drivers were used, then shouldn't
eth0 show up during boot and give some error message. I don't even get a
messag, infact eth0 isn't even showing up during boot. I also replaced the SMC
ultra card with a new 3COM and the same thing happens. I think its because
I didn't recompile the kernel to use any ethernet modules. Thanks anyway.
-JD
>
> A friend of mine had an smc ultra and there were problems getting it
installed.
> If I remember correctly, it was finally recognized as an "eexpress" under the
> EtherLink listing of rc.modules. I have no idea what x-configuration util.
> you're talking about, but nothing works like opening /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and
> uncommenting every freaking ethernet /sbin/modprobe line in the file. Do
> that, reboot, and then read the output of :$ dmesg to find out which
> module did the trick. But try eexpress first...
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> : Greetings all,
>
> : I'm trying to connect my Linux Box to a TCP/IP network. I have a 486DX4 100
> : with 32MB RAM, DTC 2278E controller, ATI Mach32, and an ISA SMC Elite
> : Ultra Network card (83C790QF Chipset). I tried using the Kernel
> : configuration utility under Xwindows. I chose the SMC Ultra module, and
> : configured the card properly. I then used the Network configuration utility
> : to setup the ip addresses, net mask, etc. The card did not initialize during
> : lilo boot. I also tried "ifconfig -a", with no output. I then swapped the
> : card with a new 3COM Etherlink III card and ran the configuration utilities
> : again. The same thing happens. I then typed "cat /some directory/proc" to
> : check for address conflicts, there was none. I also can't find eth0 in the
> : /dev directory. The HOWTO documents says to recompile the kernel to use the
> : ethernet modules. The documents says to untar the kernel source file in
> : "/usr/src" and run make config or make menuconfig. I don't see any kernel
tar
> : files and "make config" yielded an error. How can I recompile the kernel
> : to use the ethernet module? Any help would beappreciated?
>
> : Thank You,
>
> : James
>
> : P.S. I also inserted, "append eth0=10, 0x300" in lilo.conf. Nothing happens
>
> : -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> : http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
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From: "Eric Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Combining Drives?
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:05:49 -0600
In AIX it is possible to create storage volumes consisting of multiple
drives so that a single mount point appears to be the combined size of all
the drives in the volume group (e.g., a df on a 3 10GB volume group would
show 30GB).
How is this done with Linux? I want to combine several drives to form a
large area to hold databases. Any tips, please post!
TIA!
Eric
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From: "Oliver D. Bedford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:30:25 +0100
David Frye wrote:
> Well, enough of my soapbox. Choose whatever Window Manager you feel
> comfortable with. All of the applications work about as well in one as
> they do another. All of this KDE/Gnome stuff ain't going to help you
> write
> that report, produce that spreadsheet, or maintain a database of
> whatever.
> All that they do is give you a pretty desktop, and that is up to your
> particular taste on which desktop environment you choose.
I think that�s a misunderstanding what a productive desktop should do.
Of course it�s
not going to write your report, but it�s aim is to intergrate different
applications
(wordprocessors, spreadsheets, drawing & presentation programs from
different vendors/programmers) consistently so you can
work more easily and efficiently with them.
Personally I haven�t felt the need for such an integration (xemacs (*)
is all the integration
_I_ need) and StarOffice, on the other hand, tries to be a complete
desktop itself (do everything in one place).
Oliver
(*) Sorry for using netscape at the moment ;-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Harrison)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Public license question
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:25:28 +0800
PC PRO ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Boy are you guys some law-spouting Jeopardy whiz-kids. Does the L in Linux
: stand for lawyers, or what? ......
That's what you get when you have an OS based on the GPL... :-)
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: file does/doesn't exist??????
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:14:38 -0500
You may be unaware that, unlike DOS, Linux does NOT look for an executable
file in the current working directory before it searches the path. You get
around
this by either adding the directory to the path or by specifying the
directory name
on the command line, e.g.,
$ ./<filename>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm a newbie running RH5.2, kernel 2.0.36 on a p-133. Most of the
>software i've installed has worked fine (most of it had to be compiled
>on my system=good thing). but a few games, plus corel wp7 and wp8,
>and VariCAD all have given me the following problem: when install the
>RPM or untar the archive (it happens with both types of packages), the
>files list properly with the ls command, and the executables are
>color-coded as executables, but when i try to run the program, i get
>the error message "bash: <filename>: No such file or directory", then,
>to see if the file exists, i try to make a directory of the same name,
>and get the following error message: "mkdir: cannot make directory
>`<filename>': File exists". Also, viewing the file with "less"
>produces the expected garbage of any executable. So what's going on?
>Is it an executable that was compiled for another system (even though
>two of those programs are from the RedHat CD!)? HELP!!!!
>
>Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Freecell
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 05:55:07 GMT
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:07:16 -0500, Jeffrey L Straszheim
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>So I think that I can convince my wife to start using
>Linux (and get rid of that darn Win95 partition I've
>hanging around) if only I can provider her with a
>version of the game Freecell that runs on Linux. I
>actually found one with the KDE distribution, but
>guess what: she doesn't like it because the UI is more
>difficult than on windows. (Actually she's right, in the
>windows version it's much easier to move the cards
>around and such.) Anyhow, does anyone know
>where I might find this game?
[Cause-for-flame-warning-alert...]
GNOME includes a version of Freecell...
--
"What is the purpose of a person acquiring perfect French pronunciation
if they have nothing of value to say in any language?" -- Walter Ong
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/xbloat.html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Soundblaser hisses under Linux
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:51:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:57:59 GMT, "A.G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When I do modprobe sb, the modules load w/o any errors, and I hear quite
>annoying hiss comming from the speakers.
Mine has always done that too. It seems that the input and output gain on the
card get set to maximum when it's initialized. If you have a mixer program that
lets you adjust the gain settings, turn them down. You don't need them set that
high. If, on the other hand, your card doesn't have adjustable gain, I don't
know what to tell you. (Other than, if you hear noises that vary with what
you're doing on your computer, disable your microphone input when you're not
using a microphone.)
--
home page: http://woodstock.csrlink.net/~jshaffer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miernik)
Subject: Re: [Q] Swap file not working.
Date: 19 Mar 1999 09:47:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, K.C. Adams wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>I'm running RedHat 5.2 on a P166 with 64M of memory. When I look at my
>swap file info in "top", it doesn't appear to be getting used. Anyone
>have this problem or is this a problem?
>
Probably 64MB is enough for all your processes to fit in. Thats not so
strange.
If you want it to use the swap file, try running all your applications
at the same time, Netscape 4.5 is a good thing: it uses 27MB at once.
--
_____________________________________________
Miernik / / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
/ / tel.(pager): +48 642 222 864
________________/___/ http://www.elka.pw.edu.pl/fundusz/miernik/
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From: "K.A. Steensma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sshd[7194]: refused connect from unknown
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:43:28 GMT
I would recommend that you try Tera Term Pro for your Windows system. I had the
same problem and tried Tera Term Pro / Teraterm Secure Shell extension (which is
labeled as free software). Start looking at:
http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html
Keith
Abe Lin wrote:
> Hi, the power up there:
>
> Just installed SSH1.2.26. It's not working.
> Read everything on the docs.
>
> My system is a Redhat 5.2 (full install) on a 486.
> sshd1.2.26 from www.ssh.fi. Steps are:
> 1.unpack
> 2.cd ~/ssh-1.2.26
> 3../configure --with-x --with-libwrap=/usr/lib/libwrap.a
> --disable-suid-ssh --with-rsh=/usr/bin/rsh
> --program-transform-name='s/^s/r/'
> 4.make; make install
> 5. edited /etc/inetd.conf:
> ssh stream tcp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/local/sbin/sshd -i -d
> 6. edited /etc/services:
> ssh 22/tcp
> 7. killall -HUP inetd
> 8. ssh-keygen and produce keyfile on server side.
> 9. copied public key from client side to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
> 10. try. Only see blinking from SecureCRT.
> 11. found a lot of this in /var/log/secure:
> Mar 17 04:50:09 modemcable120 sshd[7297]: refused connect from unknown
> Mar 17 04:50:15 modemcable120 sshd[7298]: warning: can't get client
> address: Transport endpoint is not connected
>
> all done with root login.
> Thanks,
> abe
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From: Ronald Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.network
Subject: Netatalk Installation
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:01:12 GMT
I almost have Netatalk completely installed, but can't connect to the
Linux box from my Mac. Here's what happens: In chooser, select
Appleshare, and my volume shows up. I double click my server, and I
proceed to enter my username and password. Then, the connection fails,
and get the message,
"The connection to this server has been unexpectedly broken"
I checked my passwd file, permissions, and still can't find anything
wrong. I am running Appleshare Client 3.8.x. My linux system is Redhat
5.2, and I'm running Netatalk version 1.4b2. Anybody have any clues
what I'm doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Ron
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From: "John Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Memory suggestions anyone??
Date: 19 Mar 1999 01:44:20 -0500
I'll be installing Redhat 5.1 over the weekend from a CD. I am extermly
interested in software development and would to try and create programs for
Linux and introduce more people to Linux - assuming I like it that is. I'm
confident that'll be able to do the partition correctly. I'm sick of all
the useless junk on my hard drive (I know some of you are thinking
Windows), and am just going to format it and create the partition. I'm
running Windows 95, Office 97, some development tools -VBasic, JDK, and
VC++ - and of course browsers. How much memory should I have for Redhat
and how much for Windows 95? Are there any tips for making the W95
installation compact? On a side note, what type of development tools are
available for use with Linux? Hopefully this posting will be of use to
other newbies as well.
--
John Adams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bring on the brand new renaissance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:52:45 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:14:41 -0600...
..and John M. Janney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been impressed with the GNOME hype, but pretty much warned away by all
> the negative reviews (system unstable, crashes every hour, etc.). I
> understand Red Hat is working hard on bug fixes and GNOME stability...
It's not so much Red Hat, but RHAD, and of course the huge Gnome
crowd. There are only half a dozen full-time programmers on Gnome, but
at least 250 volunteers have CVS commit rights, too.
Crashes and other flakiness can be avoided by compiling Gnome
yourself. The beast has got so many dependencies, it's really worth
the effort of compiling it from scratch. Since all of Gnome configures
with autoconf, compiling it is as easy as "./configure
--prefix=/opt/gnome && make && make install".
So far, I haven't had stability problems with Gnome, but I'm
everything but an intensive user of it.
mawa
--
"USENet Miranda Rights: You have the right to remain a silent reader.
Anything you mail or post may and will be used to flame you."
-- Chedley Aouririk
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From: Jet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wordperfect 8 for Linux gunzip problem
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:06:12 -0800
Last night I downloaded the files for xwp, from download.com but when I
treid to gunzip them I got an error message saying they were not in
gzip format. Is there anything I can do?
Thanks.
J
--
2000.txt: The sig file for the Next Millennium
email me at jetgal at earthlink dot net
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: is there a "cd jewel case" insert builder package for linux ?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:21:12 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you are using KDE, there's a program called kover.
Mark
dan wrote:
>
> is there a software package to make/print inserts for
> cd jewel cases ?
>
> thanks,
> dan
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